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In the fall of 2008, I went to an Obama rally and picked up an Obama 2008 bumper sticker. Now, I am not a bumper sticker kind of girl. I don’t have a single one back there. I decided, however, that it was time to stand up for what I believed in. Since I’m not crazy, though, I made the conscious decision to put the sticker on the side of my car, on the window, and not on the back bumper. You see, I live in a very red state with people who don’t take kindly to other people’s librul idears. I figured that it’s better to be driving next to someone who didn’t like Obama than in front of them.

In Nashville yesterday, my fears came true for a man and his 10-year-old daughter. Mark Duren was driving home after picking up his daughter from school when someone noticed his sticker and proceeded to run him off the road. Luckily, Mr. Duren and his daughter were unharmed, but this incident could have ended tragically. Not surprisingly, alcohol is a factor in this case, but that certainly doesn’t excuse the despicable behavior of this obviously unstable person.

You could write this off as some drunkard who can’t hold his liquor, but I see a pattern developing here. People are getting the impression that it’s okay to carry out acts of violence because they are standing up for what they believe in. Our elected officials are yelling into bullhorns to Take back our country! and Stand up for freedom! and Patriots, reload! GOP officials and other conservative supporters are asking people to commit hate crimes against their fellow Americans. They are inciting domestic terrorism.

The president should call out those that are causing people to act out their anger in violent ways and demand that they stop. Criminal charges should be brought against anyone who cause others, either through written or spoken words, to commit crimes and/or act violently. We are not in the middle of a civil war, and people need to stop acting like they are. Enough.